By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Carlos Alcaraz out-dueled Novak Djokovic to win Wimbledon and notice a dream.
Subsequent season, Alcaraz goals to be a dream denier.
World No. 1 Djokovic swept three of the 4 Grand Slam titles this 12 months and is enjoying for extra in 2024: the Golden Grand Slam.
“You possibly can win 4 slams and Olympic gold,” Djokovic instructed the media in Turin after stomping Jannik Sinner to win his seventh title of the season on the ATP Finals.
Assembly the media in Mexico forward of an exhibition vs. Tommy Paul, Alcaraz stated Djokovic is able to finishing the Golden Slam and his mission is to cease it.
“2024, with the Video games, goes to be a particular 12 months for everybody, gamers, athletes, for individuals who love sports activities,” Alcaraz instructed the media in Mexico. “Djokovic has already proven 12 months after 12 months that he’s able to win all 4 Grand Slams and Olympic gold, however we’re right here to cease him. It is going to be a really intense 2024.”
The 20-year-old Alcaraz has bold goals of his personal: Win an Olympic medal for Spain subsequent 12 months and sometime solidify his standing as an all-time nice.
“With the Video games in the summertime, after Wimbledon, it should be a troublesome season, like all those I’ve carried out to date,” Alcaraz stated. “We will attempt to get sturdy, put ourselves in the very best situation, to attempt to make it the identical or higher than this season and attempt to convey a medal to my nation.
“That is what I would like essentially the most and that is what we’ll work for.”
The Paris Olympic Video games might properly present us with a tennis Dream Group as Alcaraz says he desires to play doubles with two-time Olympic gold-medal champion Rafael Nadal and the king of clay has stated he is all in with that plan if he is wholesome.
Alcaraz goals of standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Nadal on the doubles court docket and sometime standing side-by-side as an iconic champion.
“I dream of being top-of-the-line in historical past,” Alcaraz stated. “It is a large dream, however on this life it’s important to be one thing large.
“I am the identical man I’ve all the time been, irrespective of how well-known I’m, I am not going to alter the particular person I’m. We tried to place apart all of the expectations and comparisons with Federer, Rafa and Djokovic, to concentrate on my path.”
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